Author offers a deep dive into the world of baking as he grows his own wheat

FOOD SLOW RISE: A BREAD-MAKING ADVENTURE by Robert Penn (Particular £17.99, 240 pp)  Is there any smell more delicious than that of freshly baked bread? No wonder supermarkets pump the aroma through their stores to entice shoppers to spend more. As a nation we love our bread, gobbling nearly 12 million loaves a day. Humans … Read more

Gordon Ramsay reveals knee surgery and has arthritis… as gushes over David Beckham’s baking skills

Gordon Ramsay has revealed he’s had knee surgery after injuring himself while on a run and been told he’s got arthritis. The chef, 54, who often runs marathons and goes on long bike rides, admitted that his doctor told him he ‘needs to start slowing down’ in a new interview with The Sun. As well … Read more

Jesinta Franklin celebrates her daughter Tullulah’s first birthday by baking her a unicorn cake

Pregnant Jesinta Franklin celebrates daughter Tullulah’s first birthday by baking an impressive unicorn cake… as she prepares for second child with AFL star husband Buddy Franklin By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:20 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 05:20 GMT, 21 February 2021 She’s set to welcome her second child with Sydney … Read more

Kourtney Kardashian butters up her beau Travis Barker’s teenage daughter Alabama by baking bread

She reportedly never expected her years-long friendship with her new boyfriend Travis Barker to turn romantic. Yet Kourtney Kardashian, 41, is already at work establishing a friendly relationship with the Blink-182 drummer’s daughter Alabama. The 15-year-old shared a boomerang to her Instagram Stories on Friday featuring some mouthwatering bread loaves that her father’s girlfriend baked … Read more

Viewers slam This Morning segment advertising expensive baking gadgets that cost a whopping £400

A segment on expensive kitchen gadgets left This Morning viewers unimpressed.  Alice Beer was presenting expensive a tongue-in-cheek segment on gadgets to ‘zhuzh’ things up in the kitchen, judging whether they’re good enough to ‘justify’ splurging.   However, the segment backfired due to the whopping prices of some of the pieces of equipment, with a cake … Read more

Peter Andre looks shocked after making mistake during baking challenge with wife Emily

Peter Andre and his wife Emily competed in a fun bake-off challenge, which they shared via YouTube on Sunday. The singer, 47, and doctor, 31, enjoyed some down time together at home as they took part in a couple’s bake off challenge, which saw them both make a courgette and lime cake using identical recipes … Read more

Summer Monteys-Fullam flaunts her incredible figure in white lace lingerie while baking bread

She keeps her legions of social media followers entertained with a variety of scantily clad snaps. And Summer Monteys-Fullam left little to the imagination as she baked some bread in white lace lingerie for a series of jaw-dropping snaps.  The stunning redhead, 25, set pulses racing as she showcased her incredible figure in the skintight … Read more

Fluffy pancakes and banana bread are BBC Food’s most popular recipes as Britons take up baking

Fluffy American pancakes and banana bread are BBC Food’s most popular recipes of the year as Britons take up home baking in Covid lockdowns An average of 3.4million UK browsers visited the BBC Food each week in 2020   With 3.5 million UK browsers, pancakes took top spot for nine months of the year Figures were … Read more

Baker thanks NHS staff by baking a 6ft cake of a nurse hugging Father Christmas

Slice of kindness! Baker creates a stunning 6ft cake of Father Christmas hugging an NHS worker in scrubs to thank hospital staff for their work Rosie Dummer, 53, spent two weeks painstakingly preparing the giant cake The baker, from Manchester, said the piece weighed more than 30 stone Edible treat was delivered to the Royal … Read more

The year of the DIY mince pie! Britons are baking nearly twice as many Christmas treats this year

The year of the DIY mince pie! Britons are baking nearly twice as many of the traditional Christmas treats this year Britons are baking nearly twice as many mince pies this year as they did in 2019 Sales of home baking ingredients are up 100 per cent this pre-Christmas season Rise in demand for shortcrust … Read more